This crossword No. 21799 clues and answers were published on Thu 20 Jan 2000 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 21799 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Entertainer going through the newspaper for meronyms : PERFORMER
10-across – The language of the City – money : LATIN
11-across – Girl calls for a large beer : ABIGAIL
12-across – Moi gets construed as conceit : EGOTISM
13-across – Duck noise, by god! : ODIN
14-across – Methodical distribution of city’s steam : SYSTEMATIC
16-across – Early reading-desk found in back furrow with drum : TAMBOUR
17-across – Trick hard to verify : CONFIRM
19-across – Growing red during brute scene in play : ERUBESCENT
22-across – Companion I begin to cherish has style : CHIC
24-across – Speechless about a bishop taken aback by misprint : ERRATUM
25-across – Sound transmitter with whiskers doesn’t start? That’s odd! : EARDRUM
26-across – Bit of a wimp, Elmer; you’ve got to push forward : IMPEL
27-across – Dry sort of person to place marker at the back of a book : ABSTAINER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Invocation to Beelzebub : SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL
2-down – In Celtic practices Idris gets mud-spattered : DRUIDISM
3-down – To keep changing channels should come up with a gem : TOPAZ
4-down – One whose hands are gainfully occupied : EMPLOYER
5-down – Minister can be a nuisance about the teaching of scripture : PRIEST
6-down – A good deal signified, they say, by a piece of ground : ALLOTMENT
7-down – Rigorous way to limit endless fiddle : STRICT
8-down – Commercial enticement for the acquisitive : ANDMUCHMUCHMORE
15-down – Anticipate everyone’s after lots of trees : FORESTALL
17-down – Paddler on his own may be an independent type? : CANOEIST
18-down – Native to this place entering local, the Turk’s Head : INHERENT
20-down – Green, straggly juniper must be lopped : UNRIPE
21-down – Search for volunteers to turn up and fight : COMBAT
23-down – Chance to split : BREAK
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.